There are 286 shoreline mooring and canoe rack spaces that may be rented from April 1 to Nov. 1.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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There are several types of boats and electric trolling motors available at the boat rental from late spring through early fall each year.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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There are more than 20 miles of marked and maintained trails at the park.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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The longer through trails are marked with 3 inch by 5 inch rectangular white blazes. Shorter trails are marked with white, double bar blazes. Most trails interconnect to allow hikers to tailor their outing to meet their individual desires.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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In the northeast section of the park, an area is set aside for horseback riding. This area includes several miles of wide, mowed, interconnecting trails that wind through reverting farm fields, pine plantations and deciduous woodlands. There is a large, gravel parking area off Alpine Road, a short distance south of the intersection with Route 177. There are no horse rentals.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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The Lakeside Trail is 8.5 miles with some difficult hiking. This is the longest and most scenic trail in the park, which can be accessed from all major use areas of the park. The walking time is five to six hours. Many parts of the trail are easy walking with gravel surfaces, but some of the remote sections are narrow with uneven footing. Many hikers combine portions of this trail with other trails, including Alpine, Gravel, Oak and Quaker Race to make shorter loops.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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The Quaker Race Trail is 1.7 miles of difficult hiking.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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This trail is best accessed from the Quaker Race Day Use Area or from the Cabin Colony for cabin occupants. This trail has a dirt or rocky surface, uneven terrain and one steep but short hill. This trail connects to the Lakeside Trail at its end to form a 3-mile loop that passes through diverse habitats.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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The Ridge Trail is 1.2 miles of difficult hiking.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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This trail begins near the campground entrance where it intersects the Lakeside Trail, then meanders through old overgrown pasture, then climbs into a maturing oak and hickory forest along the top of Straight Hill.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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The trail surface is dirt and can be rocky and there are some wet areas near the campground entrance. Stay on the trail to avoid prickly ash. Butterflies may be abundant near openings in the forest.

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Swimming is permitted at a beach in the Quaker Race Day Use Area and at an area in the campground.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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The diverse habitats of the park support a variety of wildlife through all seasons. The basis for the many habitats is diabase rock that underlies most of the park and was created when molten rock intruded the sandstone and melted it into a new kind of rock. Many of the diabase rocks have unique cracks that formed as the rocks slowly cooled.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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About 1,780 acres of the park are open to hunting, trapping and dog training from fall archery season through the end of the traditional winter seasons. Common game species are deer, rabbit, squirrel and waterfowl.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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The park has 339 campsites at the southern end of the lake, one of the largest state park campgrounds in Pennsylvania.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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The campground opens on the second Friday in April and closes by the end of October.

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All of the sites have macadam pads and can accommodate virtually any piece of camping equipment from a large motor home to the smallest tent.

The park honors Gov. Gifford Pinchot. Pinchot is credited as being the foremost American apostle of conservation. Appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt as the first forester of the United States in 1898, Pinchot acted as the President's chief advisor in the conservation movement. Over 200 million acres of national forest came under scientific land management with the guidance of Roosevelt and Pinchot.

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Ten modern cabins, which are located near the Quaker Race Day Use Area, can be rented year-round.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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Cabins are furnished and have a living area, kitchen/dining area, toilet/shower room and two or three bedrooms.

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Renters provide their own bed linens, bathroom items, and kitchenware.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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Cabins also have boat mooring areas on the lakeshore. One cabin is ADA accessible.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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Three cottages are located near the Conewago Day Use Area.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

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They have a lake view and sleep five people in single bunks and double/single bunks.

The Friends of Pinchot State Park (FOPSP) is a chapter of the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation and qualifies as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The mission of the FOPSP is to preserve, protect and enhance the natural and recreational resources of the park for present and future generations. Click here to visit the group's website.

There are 286 shoreline mooring and canoe rack spaces that may be rented from April 1 to Nov. 1.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

There are several types of boats and electric trolling motors available at the boat rental from late spring through early fall each year.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

There are more than 20 miles of marked and maintained trails at the park.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The longer through trails are marked with 3 inch by 5 inch rectangular white blazes. Shorter trails are marked with white, double bar blazes. Most trails interconnect to allow hikers to tailor their outing to meet their individual desires.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

In the northeast section of the park, an area is set aside for horseback riding. This area includes several miles of wide, mowed, interconnecting trails that wind through reverting farm fields, pine plantations and deciduous woodlands. There is a large, gravel parking area off Alpine Road, a short distance south of the intersection with Route 177. There are no horse rentals.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The Lakeside Trail is 8.5 miles with some difficult hiking. This is the longest and most scenic trail in the park, which can be accessed from all major use areas of the park. The walking time is five to six hours. Many parts of the trail are easy walking with gravel surfaces, but some of the remote sections are narrow with uneven footing. Many hikers combine portions of this trail with other trails, including Alpine, Gravel, Oak and Quaker Race to make shorter loops.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The Quaker Race Trail is 1.7 miles of difficult hiking.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

This trail is best accessed from the Quaker Race Day Use Area or from the Cabin Colony for cabin occupants. This trail has a dirt or rocky surface, uneven terrain and one steep but short hill. This trail connects to the Lakeside Trail at its end to form a 3-mile loop that passes through diverse habitats.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The Ridge Trail is 1.2 miles of difficult hiking.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

This trail begins near the campground entrance where it intersects the Lakeside Trail, then meanders through old overgrown pasture, then climbs into a maturing oak and hickory forest along the top of Straight Hill.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The trail surface is dirt and can be rocky and there are some wet areas near the campground entrance. Stay on the trail to avoid prickly ash. Butterflies may be abundant near openings in the forest.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

Swimming is permitted at a beach in the Quaker Race Day Use Area and at an area in the campground.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The diverse habitats of the park support a variety of wildlife through all seasons. The basis for the many habitats is diabase rock that underlies most of the park and was created when molten rock intruded the sandstone and melted it into a new kind of rock. Many of the diabase rocks have unique cracks that formed as the rocks slowly cooled.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

About 1,780 acres of the park are open to hunting, trapping and dog training from fall archery season through the end of the traditional winter seasons. Common game species are deer, rabbit, squirrel and waterfowl.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The park has 339 campsites at the southern end of the lake, one of the largest state park campgrounds in Pennsylvania.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The campground opens on the second Friday in April and closes by the end of October.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

All of the sites have macadam pads and can accommodate virtually any piece of camping equipment from a large motor home to the smallest tent.

The park honors Gov. Gifford Pinchot. Pinchot is credited as being the foremost American apostle of conservation. Appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt as the first forester of the United States in 1898, Pinchot acted as the President's chief advisor in the conservation movement. Over 200 million acres of national forest came under scientific land management with the guidance of Roosevelt and Pinchot.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

Ten modern cabins, which are located near the Quaker Race Day Use Area, can be rented year-round.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

Cabins are furnished and have a living area, kitchen/dining area, toilet/shower room and two or three bedrooms.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

Renters provide their own bed linens, bathroom items, and kitchenware.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

Cabins also have boat mooring areas on the lakeshore. One cabin is ADA accessible.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

Three cottages are located near the Conewago Day Use Area.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

They have a lake view and sleep five people in single bunks and double/single bunks.

The Friends of Pinchot State Park (FOPSP) is a chapter of the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation and qualifies as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The mission of the FOPSP is to preserve, protect and enhance the natural and recreational resources of the park for present and future generations. Click here to visit the group's website.

There are 286 shoreline mooring and canoe rack spaces that may be rented from April 1 to Nov. 1.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

There are several types of boats and electric trolling motors available at the boat rental from late spring through early fall each year.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

There are more than 20 miles of marked and maintained trails at the park.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The longer through trails are marked with 3 inch by 5 inch rectangular white blazes. Shorter trails are marked with white, double bar blazes. Most trails interconnect to allow hikers to tailor their outing to meet their individual desires.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

In the northeast section of the park, an area is set aside for horseback riding. This area includes several miles of wide, mowed, interconnecting trails that wind through reverting farm fields, pine plantations and deciduous woodlands. There is a large, gravel parking area off Alpine Road, a short distance south of the intersection with Route 177. There are no horse rentals.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The Lakeside Trail is 8.5 miles with some difficult hiking. This is the longest and most scenic trail in the park, which can be accessed from all major use areas of the park. The walking time is five to six hours. Many parts of the trail are easy walking with gravel surfaces, but some of the remote sections are narrow with uneven footing. Many hikers combine portions of this trail with other trails, including Alpine, Gravel, Oak and Quaker Race to make shorter loops.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The Quaker Race Trail is 1.7 miles of difficult hiking.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

This trail is best accessed from the Quaker Race Day Use Area or from the Cabin Colony for cabin occupants. This trail has a dirt or rocky surface, uneven terrain and one steep but short hill. This trail connects to the Lakeside Trail at its end to form a 3-mile loop that passes through diverse habitats.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The Ridge Trail is 1.2 miles of difficult hiking.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

This trail begins near the campground entrance where it intersects the Lakeside Trail, then meanders through old overgrown pasture, then climbs into a maturing oak and hickory forest along the top of Straight Hill.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The trail surface is dirt and can be rocky and there are some wet areas near the campground entrance. Stay on the trail to avoid prickly ash. Butterflies may be abundant near openings in the forest.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

Swimming is permitted at a beach in the Quaker Race Day Use Area and at an area in the campground.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The diverse habitats of the park support a variety of wildlife through all seasons. The basis for the many habitats is diabase rock that underlies most of the park and was created when molten rock intruded the sandstone and melted it into a new kind of rock. Many of the diabase rocks have unique cracks that formed as the rocks slowly cooled.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

About 1,780 acres of the park are open to hunting, trapping and dog training from fall archery season through the end of the traditional winter seasons. Common game species are deer, rabbit, squirrel and waterfowl.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The park has 339 campsites at the southern end of the lake, one of the largest state park campgrounds in Pennsylvania.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

The campground opens on the second Friday in April and closes by the end of October.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

All of the sites have macadam pads and can accommodate virtually any piece of camping equipment from a large motor home to the smallest tent.

The park honors Gov. Gifford Pinchot. Pinchot is credited as being the foremost American apostle of conservation. Appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt as the first forester of the United States in 1898, Pinchot acted as the President's chief advisor in the conservation movement. Over 200 million acres of national forest came under scientific land management with the guidance of Roosevelt and Pinchot.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

Ten modern cabins, which are located near the Quaker Race Day Use Area, can be rented year-round.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

Cabins are furnished and have a living area, kitchen/dining area, toilet/shower room and two or three bedrooms.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

Renters provide their own bed linens, bathroom items, and kitchenware.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

Cabins also have boat mooring areas on the lakeshore. One cabin is ADA accessible.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

Three cottages are located near the Conewago Day Use Area.

PHOTO: Jason Bugg

They have a lake view and sleep five people in single bunks and double/single bunks.

The Friends of Pinchot State Park (FOPSP) is a chapter of the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation and qualifies as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The mission of the FOPSP is to preserve, protect and enhance the natural and recreational resources of the park for present and future generations. Click here to visit the group's website.